Discussion & Accountable Talk

Conversing, talking about books, love of literacy...

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• It's Ok, You Can Let Go I especially appreciated the break down of I do, We do, You Do to include collaborative You Do & independent You Do
• ASCD: Why Talk is Important in the Classroom Excellent overview of the book: Content-Area Conversations by Fisher & Frey (clicking on the link will allow you to preview the first 50 pages of the book).

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Teaching Students How to Discuss
Questions to ask during Guided Reading
Higher Order Thinking Sentence Stems
Accountable Talk Discussion Phrases
Discussion Sentence Starters (foldable booklet)
Additional Oral Language & Discussion resources (including how to fold the booklet!)

Blogging together-
Kidblog
Edmodo
Schoology
Shelfari

Share your books/ sticky notes/ journals
Double Entry Journals
More about double-entry journals
Reader's Response Journals

More Online options for connecting:
https://www.yammer.com/
http://www.edmodo.com/
https://join.me/
http://www.todaysmeet.com/
http://meetingwords.com/
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/k12.html
http://www.delicious.com/jbromen8/backchannel
http://livebinders.com/